Hello steemians, welcome to steemversity, an institution without a wall, we are here to equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure success in any environment.
In this post we will be giving you the necessary tips and guide to get you started and successful on this great platform.
"I've completed my sign up process and my account has been created so what's next?" this is one of the most asked questions by minnows(new members with little or no influence on the platform). So in this post let's get this question answered.
Steemit as we all ought to know is not a 'get rich quick' scheme. This is a community of creative and great content creators, where you are rewarded for your great and exceptional content by the community.
So Let's Get Started.
Just like every part of life, patience, perseverance and hard work is a vital key to success, same can be said of the steemit platform.
Here are some few tips to get you started.
* Find Your Passion:
It's often said that you'll most likely succeed on any active you do if you are passionate about it. Does that mean you won't encounter challenges? No, certainly you will but passion will make you sail through, passion will give you the strength to keep going forward when all odds are saying backwards.
So the first tip is to find what you are passionate about and blog on it, this way you will not only be creative in writing, but also will you get through those days you will have $0.01 reward on your posts because you'll will most definitely experience the low upvote/no visibility era.
* Spend Time on Your Posts:
Like I earlier stated the platform is driven by quality content, so I'll advice you spend time researching and writing your post.
You should NEVER PLAGIARIZE(copy and paste content from other site), especially when there are not yours even if they were it's a better practice to edit the post and direct it to the steemit platform.
Don't just post for the fun of it, of course you'll most likely get no attention from those posts.
* Engage With Other Community Members:
One of the fastest way to get started on the platform is to have a good follower base, as your followers will mostly be the first to see your posts on their feeds.
Does this mean you should follow everyone and anyone with hopes to be followed back? No.
Even if you have a large base of followers, it's also necessary that they are interested in your niche of posts i.e. Ensure to connect with people that have the same interest as you. Your wouldn't be blogging on food and health related posts and expect engagements on your posts when 90% of your followers are interested in sports, travels or even photography.
So look for people you share interest with and engage with them.
* Lastly, Be Consistent:
Consistency has always been a key role success, in your early days you might not get noticed, except for your exceptional comments on people's post, but that shouldn't discourage you from being consistent. Keep writing, of not for anything for the fact that you get better on every post. Also try to make your next post better than the last.
Following this few steps will go along way to helping you get started on the platform.
In our next post we will be discussing the basics of the steemit platform, and how to get yourself established really fast.